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Geography Definitions
By: Ashley Jeon
Population Distribution
• Definition: the arrangement or spread of people living in a given area; also, how the population of an area is arranged according to variables such as age, race, or sex.
Human Settlement Pattern
• Definition: The science of human settlements, including city or community planning and design.
Clustered Settlement
• Definition: a pattern of settlement in which houses and other buildings are laid out closely together.
The Herbrandston Village
Scattered Settlement (dispersed settlement)
• Definition: refers to the scattering of houses over a large area; where all areas are of equal (good) quality. (e.g. rural southwest Ontario has good soil.)
Linear Settlement
• Linear settlement is a geographic term that describes a group of mostly residential buildings arranged along a main thoroughfare or a coast. Linear settlements can also be formed where growth is restricted by hills, valleys or rivers.
Population Density
• Definition: the number of people per square kilometer
• Places with lots of population density: Bangladesh, Singapore, Hong Kong
• Places with low population density: Northern Ontario
Overpopulation• a situation in which too many people or
animals live in a certain area